NIGHTSHIFTGet set up
AI-illustrated fight: the Yard Colossus swings its enormous blade at three adventurers in an industrial rail yard
MINECRAFT, AFTER HOURS JAVA 1.20.1

CLOCK IN.
GEAR UP.
STAY ALIVE.

Build a life. Take the back roads. Pick a fight with something much bigger than you.

Find your way in Explore Nightshift

Custom survival modpack · Public beta

BOSS ENCOUNTER / 001THE YARD COLOSSUSAI-illustrated battle · not gameplay footage
A WORLD WORTH GETTING LOST IN.SCROLL TO EXPLORE
BUILT DIFFERENT.ROADS & RIDES+CUSTOM BOSSES+SMART BASES+YOUR NEXT BAD IDEA

01 / THE WORLD

Not another
wooden shack.

There’s a whole life between the fights. Make a home, build your setup, and see where the road takes you.

Concept artwork of a luxury Minecraft-style penthouse with modern furnishings and floor-to-ceiling windows
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME

From first shelter
to penthouse living.

01

Take the long way.

Roads, drivable cars, and MotorWorks Customs. Your next destination is more than a teleport away.

02

Make your base work.

Linked storage, smart lights, cameras, and a phone that puts your setup within reach.

03

Bring better gear.

Custom weapons and towering encounters. Build, prepare, and head out with your crew.

Penthouse image: AI-generated concept artwork, not an in-game capture. Features and visuals may change during the beta.

02 / BEYOND THE CITY

The night
gets deeper.

The server is open for players with the matching pack. Here’s what’s in the beta, and what still needs testing or setup.

AI-illustrated fight: the Tollkeeper attacks two adventurers with a striped barrier pole, toll shield, and red uniform at a ruined checkpoint
CAMPAIGN · BETA

Tollkeeper · AI-illustrated battle, not an in-game capture.

The Long Night

A custom quest journey through the Overworld, Nether, and End, with 22 implemented campaign bosses. The current release is in beta; difficulty and reward checks continue.

CAVE · BETA

The Burial

Go deeper. Find out what’s still moving beneath you. Procedural cave floors, encounters, and personal loot bags. Bank a run or press on. Enter at the labelled pit beside The Highrise on the south side of the arrivals plaza.

CAMPAIGN REWARD · BETA

The Highrise

Climb an industrial tower through furnished offices, machine halls, and transmitter floors. Eighteen custom enemies, five bosses, and security systems stand in the way. The north-facing spawn lift stands beside The Burial and requires your campaign unlock.

RAID · PRIVATE PLAYTEST

VESPER

A three-to-six-player operation aboard VESPER. Five authored environments. Bring a crew. Discover the rest yourselves. Group playtesting is still needed; this is not a finished raid release.

SKYBLOCK · BETA

One block. Your skyline.

A permanent sky-building dimension. Bring your own materials, build outward, and travel home with the same inventory. Start carefully: the void is real.

ZOMBIES · BETA

LAST STOP

LAST STOP is a separate Zombies mode for one to four players. Open /zombies for the lobby or /zombies solo to start alone. Use a match kit, survive endless rounds, and upgrade weapons at AFTERBURN. Your survival inventory returns when you leave. Pacing, balance, and later-round performance are still being tested.

03 / YOUR FIRST SHIFT

LESS SETUP.
MORE PLAY.

One launcher. One pack.
Your own Minecraft account.

2.8-r16 · Public beta.

Free public beta—no whitelist application needed. Our Discord is now open for installation help, bug reports, and finding people to play with. Expect bugs and changes while we test.

01

Get Technic Launcher

Download Technic for Windows, macOS, or Linux from its official website. Open it and sign in with the Microsoft account that owns Minecraft Java Edition.

Get Technic Launcher Official Technic website · choose your operating system
02

Install Nightshift Survival Beta

In Technic, open Modpacks and paste this exact link into the search box:

https://api.technicpack.net/modpack/nightshift-survival-beta

Select Nightshift Survival Beta, then click Install. Use the link if searching for “Nightshift” doesn’t find it.

Open Nightshift on Technic

In Launcher Options → Java Settings, select 64-bit Java 17 and allocate 12 GB of memory on a computer with 16 GB or more RAM.

Technic is our preferred installation route. Prism, Modrinth and CurseForge import packages are also available. Modrinth marketplace publication and CurseForge custom-mod approval remain pending. Find the verified 2.8-r16 packages and launcher availability on pack downloads.

03

Sign in. Launch. Join.

Click Play in Technic, then open Multiplayer. Select Nightshift from the server list. No whitelist application is needed. If the card is missing, add nightshifts.online.

Nightshift never asks for your Microsoft password. There’s no payment required to join, and no donation checkout is open.

Java Edition · Java 17 · 12 GB game allocation*

*Start here on a computer with 16 GB or more system RAM. First launch can take a few minutes.

04 / THE ESSENTIALS

Before you join.

Public beta
YOUR ACCOUNT

Minecraft Java.

You need Java Edition on your own Microsoft account. Bedrock alone won’t work. Sign in through Technic Launcher, not this website.

Your password stays with Microsoft.
YOUR INSTALL

Install with Technic.

Get Technic Launcher, add Nightshift Survival Beta, and install the pack.

Use the exact pack link in the steps above.
YOUR COMPUTER

A little breathing room.

Windows, macOS, or Linux. Allocate 12 GB for the game on a computer with 16 GB or more RAM; leave the rest for your system.

Java 17 · First launch takes a few minutes.

Come say hello. Our beta community is growing. Join Discord to find people to play with, share builds, and tell us what needs fixing. For installation or connection trouble, post in #help-and-bugs with the error and what happened.

Join Nightshift Discord

WE’LL KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.

SEE YOU ON
THE NIGHTSHIFT.